But things started to get really interesting when I became a teenager in the 2000s.
And I’m certain I am not the only one looking back.
After asking their friend Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) - A.K.A.
Superbadwas one of those cornycoming-of-age moviesthat was made to be goofy.
But the stupid funny style was integral to its overall success.
Sky Highopened up a world where superheroes were everywhere, and kids were able to attend superhero schools.
All of a sudden, this bizarre movie from nowhere became a hit with a cult following.
Lindsay Lohan returns alongside Jamie Lee Curtis in a movie about switching bodies.
However, rather than friends or coworkers who switch with each other, it’s a mother and daughter.
This film presented an interesting dilemma, and a perspective on the challenges faced by both generations.
Together, they created something magical, which is now set to be revisited in a reboot titledFreakier Friday.
It also helped that it was laugh out loud hilarious from start to finish.
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Together, they created something magical, which is now set to be revisited in a reboot titledFreakier Friday.
Written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and produced by Judd Apatow, Superbad follows high school seniors Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera), two best friends who are desperate to join the popular kids' party before heading off to college. After asking their friend Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) - A.K.A. McLovin - to use his fake ID to purchase alcohol, Seth and Evan end up getting drawn into a night of criminal misfortunes that threatens the very fabric of their friendship.
As the newly elected captain of her high school’s award-winning cheerleading squad, Torrence Shipman aims to take her team to the top of the national championships — despite the challenges of a rival squad, choreography calamities, catty fellow cheerleaders, and romantic entanglements.
Mean Girls tells the story of Cady (Lindsay Lohan), a teen girl who falls in with the wrong crowd. After returning to the USA after spending her childhood in Africa, Cady infiltrates her school’s group of mean girls, befriending the conniving Regina George (Rachel McAdams) and her cronies. However, Cady finds the high school hierarchy to be far more complicated than she had imagined, drawing her into a game of manipulation and deceit that threatens her reputation.
Based on Stephenie Meyer’s book of the same name, Twilight follows Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), who falls madly in love with Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), who she soon finds out is a vampire. Falling in love with her at the same time, Edward and Bella must overcome obstacles to preserve their forbidden relationship.
Scary Movie is a 2000 comedy horror movie that parodies a popular horror films such as Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and The Blair Witch Project. Starring Anna Faris, Regina Hall, and Marlon and Shawn Wayans, the first Scary Movie spawned a franchise and popularized the parody genre in the early 2000s.
Sky High is a 2005 comedy that follows the son of two famous superheroes as he attends a high school for student heroes. Michael Angarano stars alongside Danielle Panabaker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kurt Russell, and Kelly Preston, with appearances by Bruce Campbell and Lynda Carter.
Considered a cult classic, Napoleon Dynamite follows the titular character, an awkward high school student from a small town in Idaho. The film follows Napoleon’s life as he deals with the antics of his strange family, his romantic feelings for a fellow classmate, and his assistance of a friend to win Class President over the school’s popular girl. Jon Heder stars as Napoleon Dynamite, with a further class that includes Efren Ramirez, Tina Majorino, Aaron Ruell, and Jon Gries.
Freaky Friday is a family comedy featuring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis. In the 2003 film, a mother and daughter magically swap bodies through a mystical fortune cookie, forcing them to live each other’s lives and gain new insights into their tumultuous relationship.
Camp Rock follows Mitchie as she attends a summer music camp, where she navigates personal growth and self-discovery amid a journey to embrace her true self. Released in 2008, the film features a mix of music, friendship, and life lessons in a setting filled with youthful enthusiasm.
Directed by Karyn Kusama and written by Diablo Cody, Jennifer’s Body is a horror-comedy film starring Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried. When a newly possessed high school cheerleader (Fox) turns into a succubus specializing in seducing and killing her male classmates, her best friend (Seyfried) is the only thing that stands in the way of her sultry killing spree.
